Last month we had a great Camp Fire activity for all the kids. Since our councils camp is so far away in Northern Idaho we decided to have a little camp out in the Tenney's backyard. It has a wooded feel and is fenced in, it also is close to some beds for Megan and Hailey who are both young and have some special needs. It went great!
We had 100% attendance and the kids all had a great time. Mr. Tenney set up a treasure hunt, complete with compass and degree/paces clue cards. The kids were introduced to using a compass and learned a little about degrees in a circle. We made scrap book pages using pictures of camp fire meetings taken throughout the last school year. We had a small camp fire and made smores.
The kids snuck off and told scary scary stories to eachother. (I love their scary stories, each sentance begins with "and then"... Chloe went into the dark spooky forest. And then she was scared. And then monster eyes looked at her. And then she was EATEN BY THE MONSTER!") It was great listening to them make up their own stuff. And the giggle that rolled from their own little circle of light was too cute.
Most of the kids slept all night in the tents, it took them a while to settle down but when they finally were able to stay quiet they all passed out from their busy day. Lori and I made pancakes, eggs, waffles, sausages and bacon for breakfast on Saturday. After breakfast, the kids played in the sprinklers and on slip n'slide and we had another small fire for a little one that passed out too early and missed the fire festivities the previous night.
Look at the pics, it was lots of fun!
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